Margaret B. Sampson

Mrs. Margaret Burgess Sampson, 76, of Hopewell, died Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, in Hopewell Health Care Center.

Mrs. Sampson was born on Oct. 30, 1933, in Newark, N.J., and grew up in Montclair, N.J. She lived at home while she attended school at Upsala College in East Orange, N.J., and Rutgers College of Nursing in Newark, N.J., where she received a BS in nursing. While a student at Upsala College she met and married her husband, Lt. Col. Richard Edward Sampson, on May 31, 1958, in Grace Presbyterian Church, Montclair, N.J., son of Eric Garfield Sampson and Ellyn Agnes Christine Hanson. Richard and Margaret have written several books on the peoples of Eastern Kentucky. Among them are Marriage Book I, "Leslie County, Kentucky, 1879-1885," "Leslie County, Kentucky Deaths 1995," " Leslie County, Kentucky Marriages 1884-1894" and "Descendants of Thomas Begley."

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Oliver R. Sampson (Margo Nowlin Sampson) Imnenstaad, Germany, Eric R. Sampson (Rose Downs) of Highland Springs; and a grandson, Charles Sampson, also of Germany.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, with visitation to be held one hour prior to service at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service, with the Rev. Michael Browder, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment to follow Appomattox Cemetery. Contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.